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Wednesday, May 04, 2016

"In this study we have identified another five regions, bringing the
total to nine. This finding doubles the number of known risk regions,
and therefore makes an important contribution to our knowledge of the
genetic drivers of endometrial cancer.
"Interestingly, several of the gene regions we identified in the
study were already known to contribute to the risk of other common
cancers such as ovarian and prostate.

The study was an international collaboration involving researchers from
Australia, the United Kingdom, German, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, the
United States and China. The UK part of the study received funding from
the charity Cancer Research UK.